Changes to Availability of Zoom and Duo in Restricted Countries and Regions
Apr. 4, 2022—People in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and some parts of the Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions) are now unable to access Zoom. Duo will be implementing similar changes in May. Both are restricting service from users whose IP addresses originate in a country or region subject to certain economic and trade sanctions enforced...
Firewall Upgrade
Feb. 18, 2022—On Monday, March 7, shortly after 4:30 AM, there will be a brief interruption—two minutes or less–of connectivity between the Vanderbilt network and the Internet. This outage is an unavoidable part of work to upgrade network connections to the university’s perimeter firewall cluster. Following the interruption, we expect services to quickly return to normal.
Monthly Microsoft security update and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communication Servers
Oct. 14, 2021—VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communications Servers from Friday, October 15, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, October 16, at 6 am. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT...
Monthly Microsoft security and operating system patching on general servers
Oct. 7, 2021—On Sunday, October 10, from midnight to 8 a.m. VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on general servers. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT Support at 615-343-9999 or submit a help request...
Monthly Microsoft Patching on Voicemail Servers
Oct. 7, 2021—On Sunday, October 10, from midnight to 4 a.m., VUIT will install Microsoft Windows Operating System patches on Voicemail Servers. This will impact VU and VUMC users of traditional voicemail. (Skype voicemail will not be affected.) While the patches are installed and the system server is restarted, the following will occur: 1. Outside callers will...
Upgrade UM8700 (NEC PBX Voicemail) servers – downtime
Sep. 16, 2021—VUIT will upgrade UM8700 (NEC PBX Voicemail) servers per request from NEC Support after issues with MySQL over the last several weeks. This will upgrade UM8700 from v9.0.2 to v21.2. Once the servers are upgraded the desktop software will also have to be upgraded before administrators can login. There will be an outage while the...
Critical Security Software Update – Apple Products
Sep. 14, 2021—Apple released a critical security software update to address a significant vulnerability in its products that silently allows highly invasive spyware to infect an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac computer. It is imperative that you update your devices as soon as possible in order to apply the fix. To update your iPhone or iPad...
Monthly Microsoft security update and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communication Servers
Sep. 10, 2021—VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communications Servers from Friday, September 17, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, September 18, at 6 am. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT...
Monthly Microsoft security and operating system patching on general servers
Sep. 10, 2021—On Sunday, September 12, from midnight to 8 a.m. VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on general servers. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT Support at 615-343-9999 or submit a help request...
Monthly Microsoft Patching on Voicemail Servers
Sep. 10, 2021—On Sunday, September 12, from midnight to 3 a.m., VUIT will install Microsoft Windows Operating System patches on Voicemail Servers. This will impact VU and VUMC users of traditional voicemail. (Skype voicemail will not be affected.) While the patches are installed and the system server is restarted, the following will occur: 1. Outside callers will...
Monthly Microsoft security and operating system patching on general servers
Jul. 8, 2021—On Sunday, July 11, from midnight to 9 a.m. VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on general servers. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT Support at 615-343-9999 or submit a help request...
Monthly Microsoft Patching on Voicemail Servers
Jul. 8, 2021—On Sunday, July 11, from midnight to 4 a.m., VUIT will install Microsoft Windows Operating System patches on Voicemail Servers. This will impact VU and VUMC users of traditional voicemail. (Skype voicemail will not be affected.) While the patches are installed and the system server is restarted, the following will occur: 1. Outside callers will...
Monthly Microsoft security update and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communication Servers
Jun. 9, 2021—VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on Hosting Services Unified Communications Servers from Friday, June 11, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, June 12, at 6 am. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT...
Monthly Microsoft Patching on Voicemail Servers
Jun. 3, 2021—On Sunday, June 6, from midnight to 4 a.m., VUIT will install Microsoft Windows Operating System patches on Voicemail Servers. This will impact VU and VUMC users of traditional voicemail. (Skype voicemail will not be affected.) While the patches are installed and the system server is restarted, the following will occur: 1. Outside callers will...
Monthly Microsoft security and operating system patching on general servers
May. 24, 2021—On Sunday, June 6, from midnight to 8 a.m. VUIT will install monthly Microsoft security updates and patching on general servers. After the patches/updates are installed, a brief outage will occur during the reboot of the server. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact VUIT Support at 615-343-9999 or submit a help request...